The Young Mill=Wright and Miller's Guide
by Evans, Oliver
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- Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good
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Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
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About This Item
Philadelphia: Carey, Lea & Blanchard, 1834. Hardcover. Good. Eighth edition, which includes additions and corrections by Thomas P. Jones. Bound in publisher's original brown full leather with spine stamped in brown and gilt. Severe chipping to cover on top inside corner of cover and around the top of the spine. Possible burn marks on top of spine. Moderate general wear throughout cover. Price written on front free endpaper. Name written on back free endpaper. Hinges are holding strong. Moderate foxing and coloring to text block. Includes 28 descriptive plates, with this edition containing a "description of an imporved merchant flour-mill with engravings." 5 1/4 x 8 1/2 inches. 392 pages of text followed by plates.
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- Bookseller
- James & Mary Laurie Booksellers (A.B.A.A.) (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 9030535
- Title
- The Young Mill=Wright and Miller's Guide
- Author
- Evans, Oliver
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Carey, Lea & Blanchard
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia
- Date Published
- 1834
- Keywords
- History of Milling; 19th Century Technology
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- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....